tick‧y-tack‧y /ˈtɪki ˌtæki/ (
also ticky-tack /-ˌtæk/)
adjective American English informal[
Date: 1900-2000;
Origin: ⇒ tacky(2)]
ticky-tacky houses, buildings etc are made of material that is cheap and of low quality
—ticky-tacky noun [uncountable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲